{"id":8134,"date":"2015-11-13T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.videogamedj.com\/?p=8134"},"modified":"2015-11-17T16:46:05","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T21:46:05","slug":"what-if-zelda-was-a-girl-her-name-is-linkle-and-shes-amazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/what-if-zelda-was-a-girl-her-name-is-linkle-and-shes-amazing\/","title":{"rendered":"What if Zelda Was a Girl? Her Name is Linkle, and She&#8217;s Amazing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just joking&#8211; we all\u00a0know <a href=\"http:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/link-zelda-confusion-what-if-zelda-was-a-girl\" target=\"_blank\">the difference between Link and Zelda<\/a>&#8212; but <strong>Linkle is no joke<\/strong>. Nintendo Direct yesterday was packed with great news, and\u00a0the female playable character in\u00a0<em>Hyrule Warriors Legends\u00a0<\/em>is easily my favorite reveal of all:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-nt_QjpWau8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right, gender bent Link is officially here and her name is Linkle, or &#8220;Rinkuru&#8221; in Japanese. More noteworthy than her ridiculously adorable name is her appearance in the official <em>Hyrule Warriors<\/em>\u00a0art book,\u00a0<strong>more than\u00a0a year ago<\/strong> in Japan. Although the subject of some debate, <strong>text clearly printed\u00a0beside her translates to &#8220;a girl version of the hero Link&#8221;.<\/strong> [Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/theres-a-female-link-and-her-name-is-linkle-1620664557\" target=\"_blank\">Kotaku, Aug 2014<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8152\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/what-if-zelda-was-a-girl-her-name-is-linkle-and-shes-amazing\/femlink2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FEMLINK2.png?fit=500%2C159&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,159\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FEMLINK2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FEMLINK2.png?fit=300%2C95&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FEMLINK2.png?fit=474%2C151&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-8152 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videogamedj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FEMLINK2-300x95.png?resize=474%2C150\" alt=\"FEMLINK2\" width=\"474\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FEMLINK2.png?resize=300%2C95&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FEMLINK2.png?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So wait, we&#8217;ve got Nintendo officially including\u00a0a female version of Link in a Zelda game, <em>and<\/em>\u00a0allowing Link to <a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.videogamedj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/zeldadress.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">crossplay as Princess Zelda<\/a> in\u00a0<em>Triforce Heroes<\/em>? All this progress after\u00a0their huge misstep of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/whatsnew\/detail\/c4FWbi-Uave2T9R1h7SFzX0aoa-d4pgx\" target=\"_blank\">excluding same-sex relationships <\/a>in <em>Tomodachi Life<\/em><em>&#8230;<\/em>\u00a0dare I say that Nintendo is learning something? Catching\u00a0up with the times maybe? Hell, even Linkle&#8217;s design isn&#8217;t heavily\u00a0sexualized, especially considering she&#8217;s <em>showing\u00a0less leg than Young Link.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8143\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/what-if-zelda-was-a-girl-her-name-is-linkle-and-shes-amazing\/legday\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/LEGDAY.png?fit=750%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"750,488\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LEGDAY\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/LEGDAY.png?fit=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/LEGDAY.png?fit=474%2C308&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-8143 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videogamedj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/LEGDAY-300x195.png?resize=474%2C308\" alt=\"LEGDAY\" width=\"474\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/LEGDAY.png?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/LEGDAY.png?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s not get carried away, but I do appreciate the\u00a0effort. Good on\u00a0you, Nintendo. Let&#8217;s\u00a0try to make this whole\u00a0&#8220;accepting alternative lifestyles&#8221; thing a recurring pattern, okay?\u00a0<del><\/del><del>Now if only we could get you to you chill out about copyright infringement&#8230;<\/del><\/p>\n<p>Ahem. Anyway, here&#8217;s my official opinion on Fem-Link:\u00a0Yes, hell yes,\u00a0<strong>a thousand times hell yes!\u00a0<\/strong>Not only do I love super cute, ass-kicking girl versions of things, but <i>she has two crossbows.\u00a0<\/i>How does that even work?! Apparently she&#8217;s such an unassailable\u00a0badass that she doesn&#8217;t even need a free hand to <em>reload\u00a0her double crossbows.\u00a0<\/em>Oh, and she keeps them holstered on her thigh-high boots. Because\u00a0<em>she can<\/em>, that&#8217;s why.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hyrule Warriors Legends <\/em>for Nintendo 3DS\u00a0is scheduled for release\u00a0on March 25th in the US, and January 21st in Japan. \u00a0You can follow Ben Briggs on <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/bbriggsmusic\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/bbriggsmusic\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, or read more of his articles <a href=\"http:\/\/www.videogamedj.com\/author\/benbriggs\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Edit: Originally I\u00a0had mistakenly claimed that\u00a0<\/em><em>Hyrule Warriors is canon to the Zelda universe. In fact, this is not the case. [Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/b\/news\/archive\/2014\/06\/11\/eiji-aonuma-addresses-hyrule-warriors-place-in-the-zelda-timeline.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Game Informer, June 2014<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just joking&#8211; we all\u00a0know the difference between Link and Zelda&#8212; but Linkle is no joke. Nintendo Direct yesterday was packed with great news, and\u00a0the female playable character in\u00a0Hyrule Warriors Legends\u00a0is easily my favorite reveal of all:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":8137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[77,4225,327],"tags":[1707,4707,101,175,2778,4708,4143,4704,4705,98,4709,4706,682,1712,29,60,2712,31],"class_list":["post-8134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-retro-games","category-videos","tag-3ds","tag-announcement","tag-awesome","tag-game","tag-gaming","tag-gaming-news","tag-hyrule-warriors","tag-hyrule-warriors-legends","tag-linkle","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-3ds","tag-nintendo-direct","tag-release","tag-the-legend-of-zelda","tag-video-game","tag-video-games","tag-wiiu","tag-zelda"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/linkle-1-e1447410750443.jpg?fit=1024%2C634&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8134"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8205,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8134\/revisions\/8205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamechops.com\/vgdj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}